Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance · Alabama

Vernon Milling Company, Inc.

Vernon, AL · ~86 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
4.5
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Vernon Milling Company, Inc. runs at 46% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance workplace, earning a grade A.

Vernon Milling Company, Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 46% of Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS 4.5 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Vernon Milling Company, Inc. safety composite

Vernon Milling Company, Inc. scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 84% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 53%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

71/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 71% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 53% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−4.7

2016→2021

Vernon Milling Company, Inc. injury rate improved

Vernon Milling Company, Inc.'s TCR fell 4.7 from 4.7 in 2016 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2016 at 4.7 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2016=4.7 · 2017=0.9 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 484230 · Vernon, AL AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 2.1 · 46% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #10/40
  • PHOTO T134/634
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 11 inj
  • SIZE ~86 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: T134/634 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Vernon Milling Company, Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Vernon Milling Company, Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (46% of the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Vernon Milling Company, Inc. TCR series: 2016=4.7 · 2017=0.9 · 2019=3.8 · 2020=0.9 · 2021=0 · BLS 4.5

Where Vernon Milling Company, Inc. falls in its industry

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- establishments

Safer than 71% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.2.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 40 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long- employers in Alabama.

Vernon Milling Company, Inc. (86 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Vernon Milling Company, Inc.
Vernon Milling Company, Inc. (86 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 45 employees and a TCR of 3.2

Vernon Milling Company, Inc. has more employees than the Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.2. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.9 0.0 1 0 0
2019 3.8 0.9 4 0 0
2017 0.9 0.9 1 0 0
2016 4.7 3.7 5 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

484230 · AL · Vernon

1,026 Dry bulk carrier, truck, long-distance employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 7 employers in Vernon, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR T134/634 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR T & T Trucking, Inc. - Bakersfield Terminal 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Langhorne Trucking Terminal 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TMC Transportation - Apollo Beach HD 2.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE Ambassador Sanitation Management @ Wayne Farms 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Birmingham Division West Jefferson Office 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE Anniston Complex 86 FTE
STATE-SIZE MDL Contracting, Inc. 86 FTE
CITY-NEAR Marathon Equipment - Vernon 258 FTE
CITY-NEAR Generations Of Vernon 140 FTE
CITY-NEAR ROOFMART 49 FTE
CITY-NEAR 22714 STORE 22714 26 FTE
NAT-TCR NA-US-CA-Lathrop-18601 Christopher Way 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ALS Daybreak 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Pratt Recycling Shreveport,LA. 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR GYRUS ACMI, INC. Olympus Surgical Technologies 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE HIG Services, Inc. 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Oberlin Filter Company 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tara Materials 86 FTE
NAT-SIZE Sullivans, Inc. 86 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.